Petrol Diesel (1 Viewer)

[mojo]

Whilst I am on a roll posting I wonder what to make of all this talk of diesel cars losing value and the presumed movement to petrol due to government announcements.Will new purchasers of vans be thinking about this petrol issue although there are very few petrol options I think .

 

[DBK]

Not until manufacturers start producing petrol versions of the common MH base vehicles. Which I suspect will come about as more cities ban diesels. The delivery companies will drive demand, not MHs.

 

[mojo]

That makes sense ,I wonder how many years it will take before dealers/buyers prefer petrol trade ins to diesel.Buying a new van this year and keeping for about 4/5 years may see that change in preference 2021.Wait a year or two to see what petrol vans come to market maybe which will indicate the rate at which these changes will,if at all,take place.

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[cruiser]

When I brought my m/h I could not afford the diesel version . It was 27 years ago. So mine is back in fashion .

 

[tonyidle]

I doubt if delivery companies will go petrol. They're much more likely to go directly from Diesel to electric or at least hybrid.

 

[pappajohn]

I was in a hybrid taxi the other evening.
Never been in one before and the only difference i could see was the pretty center console screen showing what was happening and where power was going and coming from as he accelerated and slowed down..
No good to me....I'd be in the back of the car in front while watching the screen

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[Kingham]

I was in a hybrid taxi the other evening.
Never been in one before and the only difference i could see was the pretty center console screen showing what was happening and where power was going and coming from as he accelerated and slowed down..
No good to me....I'd be in the back of the car in front while watching the screen

I had a similar thought when I saw a recent car advert that appears to show a warning on the centre screen, that the car is undergoing "Emergency Braking".

My first reaction was 'No s**t Sherlock' I didn't realise I was frantically braking hard enough to avoid hitting something and what a good time to be flashing a distracting warning to the driver

 

[mjltigger]

I had a similar thought when I saw a recent car advert that appears to show a warning on the centre screen, that the car is undergoing "Emergency Braking".

My first reaction was 'No s**t Sherlock' I didn't realise I was frantically braking hard enough to avoid hitting something and what a good time to be flashing a distracting warning to the driver

Like the flashing yellow sign on mine that tells me the traction control is working... I know. I'm not going sideways when by all the laws of physics say I should be. Now shut up and leave me be... I'm driving here...

 

[parigby]

Someone on TV the other day said the solution for vans/MoHomes would be to convert to LPG. He suggested the cost of conversion was circa £150.00. Might be a solution.

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[androidGB]

Someone on TV the other day said the solution for vans/MoHomes would be to convert to LPG. He suggested the cost of conversion was circa £150.00. Might be a solution.

I would think it would be considerably more than that, did you mean £1500.

The other problem would be payload, as imagine you would still need your diesel system for starting, and as a backup where LPG is not available.

Andrew

 

[parigby]

Hi Andrew - no he clearly said £150.

 

[Doctor Dave]

This makes an interesting read http://www.go-lpg.co.uk/diesel.html

Although it is somewhat dated it doesn't seem viable.


Dave

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[SuperMike]

My 8.1L Motorhome runs on petrol and the cost of an LPG conversion would be around £3k, and no I have not had it converted. I'm an old fashioned engineer, Chevrolet did not design it to run on LPG .

 

[androidGB]

Hi Andrew - no he clearly said £150.

I'm sure you are correct in what he said, but I can't see it being the correct figure

Just look at the cost of fitting an underslung tank (I'm aware they're a different type of tank) but that just feeds into the regulator

Andrew

 

[chaser]

Well, dedicated to diesel all my life from my first commer van, I ain't gonna change now

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[PhilG]

Well, dedicated to diesel all my life from my first commer van, I ain't gonna change now

Me too, the more places they start to charge for going in, the less places I will go, until they twig this, its all a fail.

I don't see folk stopping going to places because of the 'pollution' , but I can see a boatload of people not wanting to pay to go anywhere , especially those motorhomers who expect everything to be free, even when it isn't.

I was going to say that this will turn London into its own little world, but it already is, Khan is doing all he can to keep it that way and enforce more charges, I haven't been into London since the congestion charge went on, and I wont be going any time soon. Everything inside the M25 is dead to me, as it is to most folk in the UK, a point only missed by those inside , who think that we care about what they think.

 

[Peter JohnsCross MH]

I dont think a diesel will run on LPG

Peter

 

[Lenny HB]

Agree with Peter certainly not the modern common rail ones. In Thailand nearly all the big buses & lorries run on natural gas but not seen any running on LPG.

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[gus-lopez]

Someone on TV the other day said the solution for vans/MoHomes would be to convert to LPG. He suggested the cost of conversion was circa £150.00. Might be a solution.

He was dreaming. @campa cola can't even get an oil/filter change for 30 quid more than that.

Hi Andrew - no he clearly said £150.

& nobheads like that are the people that government listen to & plan by & the ones paying the bills then find it costs 10x as much but you'll never tell those who implement it.

 

[PhilG]

You can convert diesel to use LPG, but its like at a 25% mix ratio.. and kits are £1000 -£1800 .

 

[pappajohn]

A diesel will run on LPG as a secondary fuel injected alongside diesel, but it will never run purely on LPG.
LPG burns relatively slowly in the same way petrol burns, diesel explodes...which is one reason diesels are SO bloody clunky and noisy compared to a petrol engine

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[nicholsong]

I worked(aency) for the HM Government internal courier service. They were persuaded to buy Petrol/LPG vans which I think were about £3k more expensive.

We were not doing huge mileages as most of the runs were in London.

We kept the batch of vans for 3 years or so, but the organisation did not buy any more.

[It was disbanded about 2 years later - not surprising as the drivers were a lazy lot of beggers who would go missing for half the day as they were just time-serving for their gold-plated government pensions. They hated me because I got round their runs in 2/3 the time, because I could go home but they had to stay to sort mail.]

Geoff

 

[cruiser]

I was going to convert to lpg But as my motor is that old my son said no . and as he is a tech I took his advise.